Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Lacquered Scabbard NATION following the Cardwell-Childers Reforms

following the Cardwell-Childers Reforms

Norwegian weapons are always hard to find and this one is exceptional and mechanically sound

21 March 1958 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

or something else that was lost over time

The barrel and action have a nice worn blue finish

Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Lacquered Scabbard NATION following the Cardwell-Childers ReformsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent military show, this is a very nice Japanese Tanto (), which literally means short sword. These could be in any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade length of a tanto is typically between 15 and 30 cm (5. 9 to 11. 8 inches), or 1 Japanese shaku, an ancient measurement. The blade of this example is in the typical "Hira Zukuri" shape, which